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1978 French Grand Prix
Race 9 of 16 in the 1978 Formula One season
Race details
Date 2 July 1978
Official name 64e Grand Prix de France[1]
Location Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Var, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.809 km (3.610 miles)
Distance 54 laps, 313.686 km (194.915 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
  • United Kingdom John Watson
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
Time 1:44.41
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Carlos Reutemann Ferrari
Time 1:48.56 on lap 48
Podium
First
  • United States Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford
Second
  • Sweden Ronnie Peterson
Lotus-Ford
Third
  • United Kingdom James Hunt
McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1978 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 2 July 1978. It was the ninth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. The 54-lap race was won by Mario Andretti, driving a Lotus-Ford, with teammate Ronnie Peterson second and James Hunt third in a McLaren-Ford. This would prove to be the final podium for Hunt.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1978". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

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